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American Square Dance, March 2005 Editorial 5 Cue Tips 38 From The Mail Room 6 All Things Considered 40 Peek Into a Caller's Record Case 7 Moore On Contra 41 Square-Up 8 Berea Children's Home Charity Dance 44 On The Record — Squares 10 The Country Line 45 ACA Viewpoints 13 Friendship Set to Music 47 Peek Into a Cuer's Record Case 15 Deadlines For ASD 48 Who Says You Can't Get New Dancers? 17 Callerlab Viewpoints 49 Easy Level 20 Round Dance Pulse Poll 54 Creative Choreography 23 Point Of Order 56 The Koreo Korner 26 NSDC — The Youth Trail 57 Fourscorey 27 What's Ahead 58 Rovin' Corner 28 Classifieds 62 Notes In A Nutshell 31 Advertiser Index 65 On The Record — Rounds 33

r olume AMERICANVI umN be r63 SQUAREDANCE March. 2005 "The International Magazine of Square Dancing" Publishers/Editors Cartoonist William and Randy Boyd Corben Geis 4 American Square Dance, March 2005 A friend of mine recently told me he wanted to go into the printing business. After a brief period of hysterical laughter and questioning his sanity, I ask him, "Why tell me?" He told me that as I was successful, he wanted to spend time with me learning more about running a printing business. This man is already a skilled press operator and has an outgoing personality. This man should have no trouble succeeding. This man took the time to point out that most businesses fail in the first year; he wanted to minimize his chances for failure and maximize his chances for success. In order to accomplish his goals, he took a weekend course on print management. He then went to two other businessmen in town and requested their input on operating a successful business. He then asked me and stated that he would like to work with me for the next six months in order to learn some of the hidden agendas that might limit his success. This man will start his operation in a nearby town and is not in direct competition with me and I am happy to assist him in any way possible. Why am I telling you this? Consider the plight of a new square dance caller. They might attend a caller school for a brief period of training, they might not. Many new callers buy a record player, a few records, speakers and a microphone. Many are good dancers, unfortunately few are good instructors. They have never taken the time to really learn how to teach. They have never taken the time to learn how to entertain. They have never taken the time to study timing and choreogra- phy. They have never taken the time to learn about pricing, hall rentals, taxes, accounting, bookkeeping, socializing, salesmanship, marketing, and all of the other things involved in becoming a successful caller. I wonder how many dancers we lose because the caller was not a good instructor. I wonder how many dancers we lose because we are not good entertainers. I wonder how many dancers we lose because we don't know how to sell and market our product. Why the litany of comments? Most business people who are considered successful have stumbled in that first year. They have lost customers and have had to work hard for replacements. In square Dancing today, we cannot afford to lose dancers. We will, but we shouldn't. To minimize this loss we (Callerlab, ACA, are you listening?) need to create a program whereby we can teach new callers some of the pit falls and traps of a starting caller. This should not be designed to replace the Caller's Schools and colleges in existence. We need entertainers who are callers. In this day of internet education, video tapes and CD's we could start a teaching program to teach someone the basics a calling and entertaining well Continued on page 26

American Square Dance, March 2005 5 FROM THE MAIL ROOM

Hi Folks, Just wondering if anyone had seen the articles in two separate Woman's World magazines about Dancing and Square Danc- ing. The first on November 9 "Memory Booster's" — one memory booster was hitting the dance floor and another was singing songs...There were several more but those two particular ones caught my eye. In the December 7 issue it's "Smart Holiday Gifts"...Learn-to-square dance video and the articles proceeds to tell what square dancing can do for you. Just thought you might be interested in the these two articles... Happy Holidays! Lori Morin, Rhode Island

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A square dance a day keeps the doctor at bay... Unless of course you invite him to join you. 6 American Square Dance, March 2005 Peek Into a Caller's Record Case Al Stevens and his wife, Sabine, live in Pforzheim, Germany. Al began square dancing in 1958 and calling shortly thereafter. He has called in every state in the US and 26 foreign countries. Al has recorded on Windsor, Dance Ranch, CW, Sting and currently is a staff caller with C-Bar-C/7 C's Records. He was one of the featured callers on the "Sets In Order Sound Documentary" for the American Square Dance Society. Al became an Accredited CALLERLAB member in 1976 and currently serves on the Board of Governors He is also active on the Caller Training, Caller Education, and Plus Committees. He became a "Full-Time-Caller" in 1983; the first American full-time caller in Europe; and has served on the Board of the European Callers and Teachers Association for eight years, serving as Vice President, Training Director and President. He has taught over 100 Full Curriculum Caller's Schools since 1983. In 1988 he became a CALLERLAB Accredited Caller Coach. The first to become accred- ited outside of North America. He currently has a home program for four clubs covering the CALLERLAB Mainstream and Plus Programs. He is the Editor of "Notes for European Callers", a monthly caller's note service. In 2002 Al was the recipient of the CALLERLAB Milestone Award. Patter Records: "Row, Row, Row" TNT 188 "L.B.J." Global 504 "Chet" Rocking M Records "Company's Coming" Blue Star 2460 "Tempo Tantrums" Aussie Tempos 1011 "B.J." Sting Records 502 "Merle's Pickin" Red Boot 3071 "Gung Hoe" 7C' s 117 Singing Calls: "Schatzie" Blue Star 2260 "Ice Cream Sodas and Lollypops" Blue Star 2268 "Third Rate Romance" Aussie Tempos 1033 "Help Yourself' Sting Records 607 "The House At Pooh Corner" Royal Records 143 "Sex Bomb" Marble Records 203 "Cold, Cold Heart" Rhythm Records 254 "Hey Good Looking" Royal Records 602 American Square Dance, March 2005 7 From John & Linda Saunders

Square up with an article that John wrote for American Squares in April of 1989. The Late, Great Square Dance When did it Die and Why Wasn't I Notified? The question is always the same these days. Is square dancing really dying. What is even more interesting, most everybody's got an answer for the question. Some answers are positive, some negative. Newcomers, not having experi- enced the years when square dancing flourished, tend to be more upbeat and enthusiastic in their answers. For the record, the Late, Great Square Dance is still alive and kicking, and reasonably healthy. Square dancing is much the same today as it has always been — enjoying the high cycles, surviving the low and enduring the in-between. I'd like to say something about the downturn in numbers of dancers today as compared to 15 or 20 years ago. I am not sure there is as great a downturn as there appears on the surface. There was a big surge in numbers during the years when country-western was a big fad and western dancing was the rage. I believe this created a false sense that square dancing was going to continue to draw big crowds forever. There were no indications prior to the country-western happening to give us a clue that a surge was coming or that it would last. When the fad peaked, subsided and then leveled off, there was similar pattern happening in the square dance activity. I do admit that numbers of dancers do appear to be down today from 5 to 10 years ago, but the numbers are up and the activity much stronger when compared to 20-25 years ago. Think about this, there are more call- ers, more club programs, more SD/ "JO/INT NOTES" Monthly Note Service camps/resorts and more big weekend k For The Callers Who Care 121 festivals today than ever before. Are by diP John & Linda Saunders these the telltale signs of an activity Accredited Caller Coach dying out? If anything, they are telling Choreo Basic, Mainstream, Plus, us the opposite. Put in perspective, the Advance 1 & 2 and C-1. Singing Call Review, Partner's Page & Contras. square dance activity is probably about We're anxious to serve YOU! where it would have been if we had For FREE SAMPLE contact us at: never had the big country western rage. 3303 Travelers Palm Dr., Edgewater, FL 32141 Tele: (386) 428-1496; Fax: (386) 409-8805 Square dancing is not dying. True, E-mail: johnnysaGaol.corn some negative opinions persist that the WEB SITE address: httpi/members.aol.comTjohnnysa

8 American Square Dance, March 2005 activity has one foot in the grave. But they were saying the same thing 20 Event Ribbons years ago. (In this same magazine). • Preset! your event Square dancing has a lot going for • The best event advertising it. Why do people do things together? next to word of mouth People enjoy being with other people • Computerized typesetting of similar interest, doing the same • Competitive prizes things. People like the sense of being • Samples available successful at accomplishing goals. 0,123, 24, 25,2104 B L G Designs Many today are into physical fitness. CAL IEXPO PO Box 1839, Tracy, CA 95378 Square dancing can and does fill all of SACTIAMENTO 11.111SAT rill SUN 209-830-2929 - Fax 209.830-2920 these needs. GAY MR email - blg 18 in reach .corn Square dancing is a very physical activity, an evening of dance can be equivalent of walking over five miles. It also exercises the mind and reflexes. When moving to the music, dancing the figures gives the dancer a real sense of accomplishment and enjoyment that has no boundaries. As a square dancer, you can share a special kindred feeling with people who enjoy the same activity you do just about anywhere you travel around the world. There are many positive sides to square dancing and all these positive parts should be touched upon when selling the merits of the dance to our friends. We spend to much time emphasizing only a few things like the low cost of the activity, fun and fellowship. All of us (callers, cuers and dancers) should strive to promote all the good points of square dancing, not just the same old ones. And when dancing, instead of trying to impress people with our talents, let's strive to make others feel good about themselves. And be glad they know you. This attitude alone would say a lot about the merits of square dancing. It's time for all of us to take the lead in projecting and promoting this type of image for square dancing. And what if that kind of image would spread? Wouldn't that be our greatest accomplishment? It is time to dispel the rumor, square dancing is far from dying. What it need is a little coaxing from us, saying some good thing about the activity for a change, to return to its former vitality. Rest easy, I know for a fact that square dancing is not dead.

Here in Florida this January 2005, we just completed our 29th Florida Sun- shine Festival. We had 30 states represented and 4 countries. Approximately 1700 dancers for 3 days of great dancing. We hosted 69 German dancers, touring with Kenny and Angelica Reece, at our local club The Deland Honeybees on February 7, with other area clubs joining together to welcome the group and make the evening a very memorable square dance event. Square Dancing is not dead, we need to promote our activity and it will take each and everyone. Square dancing starts with the feet, next involves the hands, moves into the heart, and finally expresses itself to others through one's whole personality, that total commitment to our great activity...Square Dancing.

American Square Dance, March 2005 9 On The Record SQUA 11 ES

Tom ude bock 4551 Grafton Road, Leetonia, Ohio 44431 330-427-6358 — trudesdc @ local net.com Nothing On But The Radio (ESP 1085) Elmer Sheffield A cover of a recent top 10 country hit by Gary Allan. Listen for that driving guitar with a touch of steel, mandolin and good percussion. A good dance beat. Dancers will sing along. Hds (Sds) Promenade Half, Sds (Hds) R & L Thru, DoSaDo, 8 Chain 4, Swing Corner, Promenade.

Pretty Blue Eyes (Rhythm RR252) Ken Bower A bright perky melody from a sax, keyboard, a mix of strings, harmonica and easy percussion. Available on CD. Hds (Sds) Square Thru, Right Hand Star, Hds (Sds) Star Left a Full Turn, Slide Thru, Square Thru 3, Swing Corner, Prom- enade.

Blue Blue Day (Blue Star 2501) Marshall Flippo Blue Star's 1000th release. A bright contemporary sound that will add some zip to your dance. Try it for patter. Available on MP3. Hds (Sds) Promenade Half, R & L Thru, Square Thru, R & L Thru, Rollaway, Pass Thru, U Turn Back, Swing Corner, Promenade.

We're Gonna Tear Down These Walls (Platinum PLM 220) Greg Jones Stylings from a piano, guitar, steel and harmonica with just enough percussion. Available on CD. Hds (Sds) Square Thru, DoSaDo, Swing Thru, Boys Run, Ferris Wheel, Pass Thru, Tch 1/4, Scoot Back, Swing Corner, Promenade.

Fields Of Gold (Sting SIR 706) Thorsten Geppert A smooth electronic sound with an upbeat tempo. A cover of a Sting composi- tion. Hds (Sds) Square Thru, DoSaDo, Swing Thru, Boys Run, Bend the Line, R & L Thru, Flutterwheel, Slide Thru, Swing Corner, Promenade.

Some Beach (ESP 727) Bill Harrison The second of recent top 10 country hits from ESP this month. Elmer must have a `hotline' to Nashville. Blake Shelton recorded the country hit. Guitar, steel, and bass with just enough percussion to set a good dance beat. Hds (Sds) Square

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Norwegian Wood (Sting SIR 342) Paul Bristow A cover of a song written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. A quality mix of fiddle, guitar, bass, keyboard and enough percussion to set a good beat. Check it out for patter. Hds (Sds) Square Thru, Relay the Duecey, All 8 Circulate 2 X's, Swing Corner, Promenade.

Vinyl Hoedowns Up The Creek / Birthday Square (Blue Star 2500) Up The Creek is a traditional sound from a fiddle, guitar, bass and drums. Birthday Square is a contemporary arrangement of Happy Birthday. Use it for variety. A bright happy sound. Available on MP3.

Kami Doll / Corbo Guy (Desert Gold DGR 016) Kami Doll features a steel, bass, guitar, banjo and drums. Corbo Guy has a guitar, steel, bass and drums. Available on MP3.

Rubber Dolly / Smith's Reel (Square L SQ L 604) Rubber Dolly is an old traditional tune. Fiddle, guitar, piano, bass and drums. Smith's Reel is a traditional sound from a fiddle, guitar, percussion, piano and bass.

CD's Two Timin' Gal (Pioneer PIO 602) Brian Hotchkies A traditional sound from a fiddle, banjo, bass and drums. Recorded in three keys. Hds (Sds) Lead Right, Circle to a Line, Tch 1/4, Single File Circulate Once and a Half Center 6 Trade, Ladies Slide Apart, Girls Circulate, Boys Circulate, Girls Turn Back, Swing Corner, Promenade.

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Once A Day / Earl's Hoedown (Dance Ranch DR1043) Bob Fisk Once A Day is a mix of a fiddle, bass, clarinet, piano, guitar and xylophone. About half way up the energy scale. Hds (Sds) Lead Right, Circle to a Line, Pass Thru, Wheel & Deal, Double Pass Thru, First Go Left, Next Go Right, R & L Thru, Star Thru, Pass Thru, Swing Corner, Promenade. Earl's Hoedown is a traditional upbeat hoedown from a fiddle, bass and guitar. Track 4 is mainstream patter.

Spirit In The Sky (BVRCD 101) Bodo von Reth An upbeat gospel tune. Guitar, bass, keyboard and percussion. Available on MP3. Standard Ferris Wheel Figure.

What Am I Doing In Her World / San Antone Rose (Dance Ranch DR1044) Buddy Weaver What Am I doing In Her World: A sax, piano and guitar all share the lead and fill. Solid drum beat. Has a come-let's dance feel. Hds (Sds) Square Thru, Tch 1/4, Follow Your Neighbor - Spread, Fan The Top, R & L Thru, Dixie Style OW, Trade the Wave, Swing Corner, Promenade. San Antone Rose is a happy, lilting arrangement with a piano lead, with a bass and drums for rhythm Track 4 is plus patter.

There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere (Rawhide RWHCD 909) Tom Rudebock / Mike Seurer A World War II Patriotic number that is still fitting today. Signature Rawhide Music. Another 3 for 1 release. Square Dance, Sing A Long and Round Dance instrumental and vocal tracks on one CD. Available on MP3. Hds (Sds) Prom- enade Half R & L Thru, Flutterwheel, Sweep 1/4, Pass Thru, Swing Thru, Boys Run, Bend the Line, Boy Walk, Girl Dodge, Swing Corner, Promenade. CD Hoedowns Plowboy Mountain /Hash It Up (Black Mountain Valley BMV 3076CD) Plowboy Mountain is a traditional sound from a fiddle, guitar, banjo, bass and drums. Hash It Up features a fiddle, guitar and bass.

Heidi Hoe (C Bar C CBC 605) David Cox An alternative electronic sound. Check it out for variety in your music. David calls mainstream on track 1. Track 3 is an extended play. Available on MP3.

A month of fewer releases but lots of good music. Check them out on your tape service. Until next month keep the FUN in your calling and dancing.

12 American Square Dance, March 2005 AM ERICAN CALL ASSOC. VIEWPOINTS B Henry Israel, President

I would like to pose a question and challenge to each and every one of our members. First of all, let's look at definitions. Something all square dance callers are dependant upon. Let's look at one word in particular, mainstream. According to Merriam Webster, to be in the mainstream is to be in the "average" or norm. Let's look at one more, plus. In math, it means positive, in other general terms it means, having, receiving, or being in addition to average. Now, let me ask you, given a choice, which do you want to be? Well, I've got news, NO ONE WANTS TO BE AVERAGE! This brings me to the point of this writing. I would like to challenge all of our membership and other dancers and callers to not use either one of these terms, EVER, when it comes to the dance program they have. First of all, there is no need for them. It is high time we, as members, start to use our own terms. We, AMERICAN CALLERS ASSOCIATION, have 67 calls, or maybe fami- lies, on our "SQUARE DANCE PROGRAM". I would suggest what works for me might very well work for you as well. Make sure that you have plenty of copies of AMERICAN CALLERS program at the door, of every one of your dances. At your regular club dances this is very easy and will let the visitors know what they might expect to hear on any given tip, not just, say 3 and/or 6. Let them

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know, if you or your club members don't already know these folks, if they Hanhurst's Best Sellers are not familiar with some of the calls For January 2005 listed, to let you, the caller, know so I. Pretty Blue Eyes Rr 252 you can stay away from those particu- 2.Fields Of Gold Sir 706 lar calls when those folks are on the 3.Nothing On But The Radio.... Esp 1085 floor. This gives control of the dance Norwegian Wood Sir 342 back to where it should be, TO YOU! 4. Blue Blue Day Bs 2501 In the event of lessons, where you 5.Some Beach Esp 727 might be splitting up the number of calls for a given set of instructional periods, just simply let the new dancers, as well as the angels, know you will be covering the first 58 calls, less number 52. Or any other combination you are going to instruct. But, I really feel, you should NEVER use the terms we have already defined. We need to establish our identity as the dominant force, which we are, and stop DIVIDING PEOPLE INTO CLASSES! In closing, I want to challenge each dance leader out there to use the AMERI- CAN CALLERS published dance program as the standard by which all others are measured. And, to the Callers, to memorize, if you haven't already, Burleson's Square Dance Encyclopedia, at least the calls you will be using and instructing. Don't let yourself get into situations, which we have all seen, where the dancer is trying to tell the caller/instructor how a move is performed. Remember, Burleson definitions are the ONLY official definitions, use them. And lastly, start using the AMERICAN CALLERS ASSOCIATION term SQUARE DANCING. Stop tak- ing the easy way out, using old hat terms that insinuate your dancers are just mediocre or privileged. This is not the American way.

Any individual, club, caller, or association who wishes to communicate his/her opinions on this subject or communicate their success story in recruiting is encouraged to contact the American Callers' Association at [email protected] or Dr. Patrick Demerath at [email protected].

The rumor that square dancers have a herd mentality is a total fabrication.

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Peek Into a Cuer's Record Case Chuck and Sandi Weiss, formerly of Howell, Michigan, now living full time in Mesa, Arizona, have been dancing for over 26 years and teaching for 21. In their former lives, Chuck was a 37 year veteran supervisor of one of Michigan's largest and greatest State Parks where he was deeply involved in working with the statewide computerized reservation system and other computer related duties. Sandi taught early elementary (K through 3) in the local school system for over 33 years. After they retired in 2002, they moved to Mesa, where they took up residence in one of the RV Resorts. They have one son, living in Jackson, Wyoming and are sharing their home with two cats, Shadow and Tazie. They were exposed to square dancing at a one-night stand in 1978. They asked the caller where they could learn more and subsequently, in the fall of that year, they began their lessons. They saw their first round dancing at a square dance camping weekend and immediately knew they had to learn more about this activity. So, in the summer of 1979 their involvement in round dance began. They started dancing with Vern and Shirley Scott, quickly moved on to Bob and Sally Nolen, and Bud and Bette Potts. The latter two couples, along with national leaders, George and Joyce Kammerer of Illinois, introduced them to U.R.D.C., the National Square Dance Convention and ultimately Roundalab. Chuck and Sandi took over National Carousels #5 from Bud and Bette Potts in 1984. Gradually, they became more and more involved in the national scope of the activity culminating in their position as General Chairman of the International Association of Round Dance Teachers, Inc. more commonly known as Roundalab. They have choreographed many dances, including "Beyond The Sea", "Danny Boy", "Change The World" and "Le Tue Parole" and most recently, "A Wink and a Smile" to music recorded by Mike Sikorsky. Some of their Choreography has been selected as rounds of the month in various states. They have cued and taught at eleven National Conventions and have served on staff at English Mountain. They organized and served as round dance leaders at two square and round dance

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See our Web page at WWW.CALYCO.COM or call for our color supplement. 1-800-627-0412. We ship World Wide. 407 Main St., Laurel, MI) 20707 events in the Midwest, the Pumpkin Promenade and the Spring Frolic. They also hosted an annual Chili Pepper Round Dance Weekend, in Michigan, with Barbara and Wayne Blackford. They have been featured leaders at several local festivals in the Midwest and Canada. They have been on staff at the annual WASCA festival in Reston, Virginia and the Fall Accent on Rounds at Fontana. In 2004, they were the featured leaders at both the New Mexico and the Minnesota State Festivals. Four weeks of every summer is spent at a square dance resort with Mike Sikorsky in McCloud, California and they work at two weekends in Solvang, California in October, again with Mike Sikorsky. Dance cruises are another favorite activity and they have participated in several and organized two of their own. They are members of ROUNDALAB, currently serving on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and have also served as Chairman of the organization, chairs of the Standardization and Planning Committee and on the ROQ Committee for Phases IV and V. They belong to URDC and DRDC and have served as President, Vice-president, Treasurer, Festival Chair and Festival Program Chair of the Michigan Round Dance Teachers Association. They currently have a full program of dancing in the Mesa, Arizona area running round dance sessions up through Phase 5 and they cue for several callers in the area including Mike Sikorsky, Jerry Junck, Randy Dougherty and Gary Shoemake. "Round Dancing is the pre-eminent activity in our lives and it continues to provide us with many hours of enjoyment, education and uncountable new friends all across the country. These associations are ones that will last us for the rest of our lives and we hope to devote ourselves to passing on what we have learned during our years as students and leaders. We also firmly believe that Square Dance and Round Dance belong together and we truly enjoy every moment of our association with the local callers and dancers. We are strong believers in the goals and mission of the ARTS Dance organization. We have been active in this group since its inception and plan to continue supporting it as long as we can. Only by all of our dance organizations working together, supporting each other and planning, with open minds, for our mutual future can we hope to keep our activity prosper- ous and growing."

16 American Square Dance, March 2005 Who Says You Can't Get New Dancers? By Pete Wex The Charles Dickens Classic begins, "It was the best of times...It was the worst of times." Watching square dance clubs' reactions and results in their periodic attempts to attract new dancers often reminds me of those words and that image. For a few clubs, open houses are an exhilarating, highlight-of-the-year experi- ence, their panning for gold rewarded by lots of shiny nuggets. For all too many other clubs, it's just another frustrating, futile effort, doomed before it began. Everybody knows you can't get classes any more, 'cause nobody's interested and everybody's way too busy. Yes, we'll make a token effort, but only because we're expected to, and we all already know how it's going to turn out. And, surely enough, having prepared all the rationalizations and excuses and the mindset to expect and accept failure, the prophecy is inevitably self-fulfilling. Another year without new dancers is, of course, another step closer to the club's demise. And Modern Western Square Dance's population continues its steady decline, as its aging, existing dancers consistently outnumber the incoming, new participants. I am privileged to belong to one of those clubs squarely in the first category above. For Do-Pas-0 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, open houses in September are immensely exciting occasions: At last we get to find out how many curious, adventurous, fun-seeking "nuggets" all our publicity and recruiting efforts at- tracted this time! And we're usually gratified and grateful when we see the actual numbers that did turn out. Add to the pure numbers the fact that we're also bringing in both youth and a good many folks who wind up becoming quite passionate about Modem Western Square Dance (MWSD), and we feel very fortunate, indeed! In our own and nearby associations and the surrounding states in which we dance regularly, and at the festivals to which as many as three squares of us travel, Do-Pas-0 is earning a reputation and some respect for its recruiting successes and growth, and its dedication to and enthusiasm for MWSD. We are constantly asked what our "secrets" are. While we doubt that we have any startling or truly unique or different revelations to share, we gladly reveal anything and everything we do. Our willingness to share is rooted in a strong belief all dancers and all clubs need each other, and all have to support each other's endeavors for our marvelous activity as a whole to survive. We all share equally the responsibility in halting MWSD's decline, nurturing its recovery, and leading its resurgence to renewed vitality and popularity. Our results weren't always something to write home (or anywhere else) about. In 1996, our class numbered four (two still dancing). In 1997, the class had eight new people, with four still dancing. In 1998, we crashed and burned! Only three couples started in class. Two of them left soon with injuries or health problems, and the third just couldn't seem to get it, so we pulled the plug. It was the first (and last) time in the 15 years I've known Do-Pas-0 that there wasn't a class. It turns out maybe that was the best thing that could have happened to this particular club! We didn't blame our failure on factors beyond our control. Instead, we became determined we would never again go a year without new dancers. The Club's leadership weighed long and hard all the things we could possibly do to create

American Square Dance. March 2005 17 public awareness of the joy of square dancing, its physically and mentally health- ful benefits, and its availability and accessibility right here and right now. Most important: How could we convince people to come out and try it, at least once? What resulted? Here are some of Do-Pas-O's facts and figures since 1998: We open to new dancers once a year, in September. We hold two open houses, the first is either the third or fourth Saturday in September and the other is the Monday nine days later. Saturdays are the typical "date night", and Mondays are our regular "new dancer" nights year around. As our promotional efforts got better, so did the number of new people we drew each year, growing from 30 to 40 and 50 and then 60, reaching 80 in 2004. Obviously not everyone is suited (or motivated) to become a square dancer. We're finding roughly 25 to 30% of those who come to the open houses can be enticed to continue on. The smallest class we've graduated since 1998 is ten; it has usually been at or near 20 most years. For instance, from 2001, 19 graduated and 17 dance today. From 2002, 18 graduated and of those 15 dance with us regularly and two others plan to return. 2003 was another big year with many teenagers included. Conflict- ing activities for some of the teens and a rash of health problems has limited the number who have joined the Club to date, so we can't tell yet how many will eventually be counted. At the end of December, 2004 we have over 20 new dancers going strong with every indication all will graduate in April. The Club's annual paid memberships grew from 75 in 1998 to 121 in 2003, a better than 60% increase. Just to clarify, students/new dancers are not counted in each year's paid membership totals. On our "new dancer" Monday nights, we typically have seven to eight squares, made up of the 20 to 24 students and 36 to 40 angels. With that many squares and angels, the new dancers feel like they're at a dance every week, rather than in a class. It's rare when less than at least one square of youths (defined as under age 20) is dancing with us; often it's closer to two squares. Because we don't pry into our member's actual ages, we can't give the exact figures, but the Club's dancers' average age has plummeted with the steady influx of both new dancers and the youth. Our encouraging numbers aren't limited to just our new dancer programs. We're told these are also enviable statistics: Our monthly plus level dances average 12 squares. 14 squares are not unusual; 10 squares is a disappointing night. Our new dancer and mainstream dances average seven to eight squares (similar to what we get on Monday nights). At Do-Pas-O's memorable 50th Anniversary dance two years ago, we hosted 400 dancers (that's 50 squares) and 350 of them dined with us. We hope the reader will understand the motivation for sharing all of this and what will follow is neither to blow our own horn or pat ourselves on the back, nor even to draw any attention to ourselves or our Club. It's simply this: we have been asked so many times what it is we do that we decided to put it into writing in order

18 American Square Dance, March 2005 to share it with anyone and everyone who cares. Frankly, we're not totally satisfied with our results. We do see them as a nice beginning, and as encourage- ment to keep on setting higher expectations and goals. We also see the results as some affirmation that real determination and honest efforts have their rewards. Another motivation is our belief that many of the things that work for us could work for other clubs, also. Maybe they just didn't think of some of the things we do; or maybe they've given up because they're convinced it can't be done. It can be done! Our results are proof! Even if your club can do only half of what we do, and you get only half the results, wouldn't that be a worthwhile step forward? To try to keep things to reasonably readable lengths, we'll relate the key details of just what we do and how we do it in several monthly installments. Next month we'll share the specific things we do to attract people to our open houses. Obviously everything begins with our getting them there in the first place. THAT IS ABSOLUTELY THE KEY! Anything else is completely meaningless unless we can get them to come out and try it at least once. The following month, we'll reveal how we keep them once they've come. We do everything we can to make square dancing the thing they most look forward to each week, and the square dancers they meet the people they most want to spend their discretionary time with. As long as square dancing remains a fun, friendly and satisfying experience, we know they'll keep coming back. If it becomes in any way just another commitment or obligation, another chore or irritant in their lives, they're gone, never to be retrieved. Our last installment will make a case for our belief that Do-Pas-O's approach is a far more effective, realistic and lasting hope for MWSD's survival, when contrasted with the American Callers' Association's scarily simplistic, one-trick- pony solution: just dumb it down! Strip the guts out of the present basic/main- stream/plus programs and simultaneously turn all dances below the Advanced level and the main floors of all festivals into "dancing for dummies". Supposedly this will miraculously cure all of MWSD's recruiting, retaining, retrieval and festival attendance problems. We'll tell you exactly why we find that to be not only a colossal crock...but also a dangerous and destructive strategy from which far more harm than good will come, especially in the long run. If you think any of this could be interesting or helpful to you, stay tuned. If you're already doing better than we are, or you're using something that might help us, please share with us. Healthy, growing clubs everywhere are a prerequisite for healthy, growing MWSD. We're all in this together!

If you don't see your festival or convention information listed in the What's Ahead section ask, "Did someone remember to send the information?" We will include any dance that we feel might be of national or interna- tional interest.

American Square Dance, March 2005 19 EASY LEV EL

From Bob Howell

Here is an old timer that I believe is one on the simplest circle mixers that I ever learned. I finally found the music that I had used back in the late forties. It is currently available from the Kentucky Dance Foundation. It is a super-quick teach. It is called - - - Round-up Time In Texas Formation: Couples in a circle facing center, Lady on man's right Music: Round-up time in Texas. Folk Dancer 1042 or Round up time in Texas FDCD-019 #14 Routine: It's do-sa-do your corner, your corner do-sa-do It's do-sa-do your partner, your partner do-sa-do Go back and swing your corner And promenade the ring.

Stew Shacklette of Brandenburg, Kentucky presented this novel routine at the 2003 National Square Dance Convention in Oklahoma City and I have had a lot of fun with it since. He named it the- - - Double Dot Choreograpy: Stew Shacklette Formation: Five Dancers, One at each Position of a Square and 1 in Center (Called Dot) facing # 1 position Music: Any 5x32 Bar Tune Routine: Intro: - - - - - #1, 4, & Dot Star Right INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION [I No dress code Dr - - For No partner required 1.1 I-11 II re Basic thru Challenge OF GAY SQUARE DANCE CLUBS® PO Box 9176, Denver, CO 80209-0176 ie Fun & friends 800-835-6462 www.lagsdc.org 22"4 Annual Convention July 1-4, 2005 Santa Clara, CA Canada: British Columbia, Ontario; Denmark: Copenhagen; Japan: Tokyo; USA: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin. 20 American Square Dance, March 2005 1-8 --- - - #2, 3, & Dot Star Left 9-16 --- - - #1, 3, & Dot Hey for 3 17-24 - - - - - #1 & Dot Balance & Turn 1/2 25-32 ----, ---- 33-40 - - - - - #1 Go To #2, #1 & #2 Balance &,Turn 1/2 41-48 - - - - - #2 Go To #3, #2 & #3 Balance & Turn 1/2 49-56 - - - - - #3 Go To #4, #3 & #4 Balance & Turn 1/2 57-64 - - - - - #4 Go To Center, New #1, 4, & Dot Star Right

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In keeping with the Irish theme, here's one that fits completely. It is called - - - PADDY ON THE TURNPIKE Formation: Proper Duple 1,3,5, etc. but NOT crossed over Music: Paddy On The Turnpike Routine: Al Circle four with the two below Circle right A2 Right & Left Thru Right & Left Back BI Actives down outside the set Come back B2 In and down four in line Inside arch, outside under back to place

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American Square Dance, March 2005 CREATIVE CHOREOGRAPHY

From Lee & Steve Kopman

Had a funny experience at one of my dances. I called Square Thru 2 from an ocean wave and there was a lot of confusion. I realized it's not as obvious as I thought it would be. Hope you enjoy trying these with your groups. 1) HEADS pass the ocean 3) SIDES lead right extend swing thru square thru 2 acey deucey wheel and deal swing thru CENTERS pass thru square thru 4 swing thru tag the line acey deucey leads u turn back circulate pass to the center swing thru 1 1/2 CENTERS pass thru right and left grand left allemande

2) HEADS star thru and spread 4) SIDES square thru 2 ENDS: load the boat slide thru Centers square thru 2 pass the ocean swing thru square thru 3 spin the top trade by square thru 2 touch 1/4 trade by split circulate TWICE pass to the center hinge CENTERS square thru 3 extend, right and left grand left allemande Kopman's Choreography SOMETHING NEW TO OFFER !!! Now available: "SOFT" set of Mainstream, Plus, Advance and Cl • 50 sequences per set • $50.00 per set Send check or money order to . • Reduce your calling preparation • Immediate delivery STEVE 8 DEBBIE KOPMAN • Easy to read • All requests confidential 1021 BRIDGESTONE PLACE KNOXVILLE, TN 37919 ____ MS — PLUS A2 C1 (New "Soft" Set) Phone: (865) 691-1580 - MS PLUS ____ A2 C1 (Hard Set) e-mail: [email protected] American Square Dance, March 2005 13 5) HEADS pass thru separate around 1 to a line Personalized Gifts star thru by CENTERS step to a wave and Grace square thru 3 ENDS roll away for do sa do Square swing thru Dancers boys run REVERSE flutterwheel INDIVIDUALLY load the boat HAND PAINTED left allemande 10'h" Plate $24.95 • 4'h" Mug $15.95 Please specify color and club name. 6) HEADS lead right Lots more to choose from: single circle to a wave Vases • Statues • Magnets fan the top Boxes • Salt & Pepper shakers. spin the top square thru 2 Send for gift catalog: wheel and deal Gifts by Grace CENTERS pass thru 5384 E. Ricks Rd. square thru 3 left allemande Willcox, AZ 85643 520-824-3346 7) HEADS 1P2P rennal91@ vtc .net pass the ocean circulate 9) SIDES lead right square thru 4 touch 1/4 wheel and deal split circulate CENTERS swing thru hinge ENDS roll away square thru 2 extend TWICE wheel and deal right and left grand CENTERS pass thru swing thru 8) HEADS pass the ocean right and left grand extend acey deucey 10) HEADS pass the ocean square thru 4 ping pong circulate 1/2 tag extend swing thru swing thru [follow your neighbor] and spread square thru 2 circulate tag the line split circulate TWICE peel off right and left grand box the gnat

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extend """••" NEW VINYL """• fan the top (1) BIG TIME ESP 330 square thru 3 (123) MOUNTAIN GREENERY DGR 017 (1) ENGINE OF LOVE SNW 802 wheel and deal (1.2) FLAT TOP I DRIVEN BS 2502 CENTERS square thru 3 (1,2.3) SLOOP JOHN B C•C 815 left allemande (1,2) ALL I CAN BE COY 810 (12) HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THE RAIN TNT 297 (1) LADY MADONNA SIR 1202 12) SIDES star thru (1,2) RED RED ROBIN BS 2503 double pass thru (12) CAROLINA SUNSHINE MM 128 (1,2) WITH A SHILLELAGH UNDER MY ARMS PIO 6000 track 2 (12) CRAZY ARMS C 2601 relay the deucey (1,2) PUT ON YOUR OLD GREY BONNET COY 811 square thru 3 (12)BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES MM 129 (1.2) SO LONG MARY SOL 111 trade by, left allemande (1.3) LOVE IS ALL AROUND SIR 316 HEADS 1P2P ""-- NEW MP3s 8 VINYL (WHERE AVAILABLE) '•""•"• touch 1/4 (1.3) DO-SI-DO MP3GWR 102 (1,3) IT TAKE NO TO TANGO MP3HH 5246 coordinate (1,3) SUNSHINE GO AWAY MP3HH 5237 1/2 tag (1,3) OH, OH, I M FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN MP3HH 5239 cast off 3/4 (1.3) TIME AFTER TIME MP3SIR 336 (13)ONCE I WAS A LONELY COWGIRL . MP3SNW 1201 square thru 4 '"""' ROUND DANCES ----- wheel and deal (2.3) MOON OVER MY SHOULDER DARRCD 531 CENTERS pass thru (1,2,3) HAPPY TRUMPETER DGR 018 (2) ANGIER'S WALTZ (BEYOND ROMANCE) MMCD 127 left allemande -"*"*" SQUARE DANCE CDs""""" (2) FRAULEIN / BIG ONE DCD 1050 13) SIDES touch 1/4 & walk and dodge (2.3) BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN BLUES TARCD 142 (2,3) AllURRO BVRCD 111 { all } touch 1/4 (2.3) TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS SC/RD/SA RWHCD 910 centers trade (2.3) SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY SC/RD/SA BUCCD 901 square thru 2 (2.3) NOW THAT'S ALL RIGHT WITH ME ITU) 012 (2) HI NEIGHBOR I LACY (HD) DCD 1045 1/2 tag (2) FOOLS RUSH IN I BETTER MAN (HD) DCD 1046 right and left grand (1,2) I FOUND A NEW BABY BSCO 2458 (12) COMPANY'S COMING/UP JUMPED THE DEVIL BSCD 2460 (2) WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES TXRCD 017 (2) ISUUN HOEDOWN / ROMPING MOLLY BMVCD 3077 (2) SHE CALLED ME BABY, BABY ALL NIGHT LONG STCD 1022 (2) BITTER I UNCLE BUCK STCD 2040

American Square Dance, March 2005 25 THE KO F,0 KO N

From Steve Kopman

Let's keep the same theme of doing a square thru from a wave. Only this time, let's try it from a grand ocean wave. HEADS star thru and spread GRAND swing thru BOYS square thru 3 GIRLS turn thru THEN:

1) ends cross fold 4) Boys step forward, girls slide single circle 3/4 to a wave together behind them right and left grand boys trade box the gnat 2) 1/2 tag touch 1/4 split circulate split circulate TWICE hinge right and left grand centers trade right and left grand 5) wheel and spread box the gnat 3) wheel and deal slide thru CENTERS LEFT turn thru left allemande right and left grand

Continued from page 5 enough to get them started. Then they can attend a good caller's school, and then work on continuing education. Let us work together to get new callers off to a good start. If you know someone interested in calling, work with them, help them and if necessary even go to a few of their dances so you can provide a meaningful critique. We are constantly asking dancers to bring in new dancers, attend classes with them and help angel them. Callers should be doing the same. Bring in new callers, work with them, mentor them and help them in any way possible. As most businesses fail in the first year — those most properly prepared have the best chance of succeeding. Let's prepare our new callers for success.

26 American Square Dance, March 2005 Fourscorey By Corben Geis

1. What is the name of the popular advanced and challenged publication? A. Area Coder B. Zip Coder C. Morse Coder D. Fargo North Decoder

2. What is the name of the Late Great Bill Peter's Corbett Geis Autobiography? A. 40 Shades Of Green B. Casting Shadows C. I Am Caller, Hear Me Roar D. Shades Of Gray

3. What does the Acronymn "ARTS" mean? A. Association of Really Tired Square Dancers B. All Rotate The Star C. Alliance Of Rounds, Traditional and Square Dance Inc. D. Another Raw Thar Star

4. Who wrote the book "Step By Step Through Modem Square Dance History"? A. Art Springer B. Jim Mayo C. Bill Boyd D. Jody Serlick

Answers to February's Fourscorey I. D. Wrong Way Grand 2. B. France 3. True 4. A. The Multi-Cycle Program is a method of conducting square dance lessons that start more than once a year.

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American Square Dance, March 2005 27 Rovin' Corner Jim and Betsy have traveled across the US and around the world, dancing and promoting dancing. Each month we share with you our experiences and thoughts. This month we are looking at American Dancers vs. European Dancers. When we first went to Eu- rope to dance, we were im- pressed with the dance level of the dancers we met, espe- cially the Germans. Our comment at the time was, "If an American Plus Dancer came to Germany, the Ger- man callers and dancers, working at basic and main- stream level would blow them away!" Our further ex- Jim and Betsy — Your Rovin' Corners periences have largely borne that out. European Dancers want to learn to dance well, and their callers teach them "APD" (All Position 'Dancing) from the beginning. They also stay at one level until they master it, before moving to the next. (There is officially no "competition" in square dancing, but we all know that we judge ourselves and others!) That said, it is useful to examine why we would believe that, or even think it. Ed Foote, in columns in the December 2004 and January 2005 American Square Dance Magazine expanded on that theme. He claimed that in calling 23 dances in England in 23 days, he found the British dancers to be superior to the American dancers. He also noted that British dancers, when the square was broken, scrambled to catch up and keep going. His experience is that American dancers 'give up and square up.' While Betsy and I have not danced nearly as much in England and Europe as Ed has called, we engaged in a spirited email discussion about our perceptions. My contention was that while there are good dancers in Europe and good dancing clubs in Europe, there are also clubs in both England and the continent that do not dance as well as others. There are also clubs and dancers in the US that dance better and less well than others. I recall vividly that some years ago we were dancing in a North Texas town for two nights. The first night was practically moribund-the crowd was small, we struggled to get one square on the floor, and the dancers were not attentive and broke down often. The next night, we went to dance with another club and found the hall packed, warm, active, and certainly happy. The dancers greeted us at the door, welcomed us to their square and just about danced us off our feet! What made the difference? Caller? No, both callers were capable and each had years of experience. When I asked the caller in the second club what made his club work so well, he just threw out his arms and said, "I don't really know, but I love it." I believe I know what made the second club work so well. The dancers were really interested in learning to dance and were having a ball doing it! There was a group of leaders

28 American Square Dance, March 2005 in the second club that were actively recruiting, and enjoying devoting themselves to making their club a lot of fun. Their enthusiasm was contagious and rubbed off on everyone in the club. I brought up this subject to Wayne Morvant, one of the callers in the Sam Houston, Texas association. Wayne is a particularly interesting caller. He says that he plans to call for four more years and then retire with fifty years of calling. He says he will also go onto Social Security then, so he is not that old. He started calling in Europe when he was in the military. He called for many years in Europe before returning to the US. He is a meticulous teacher, and his dancers know how to dance - and enjoy it! He claims that he is a very "technical" caller, and is vitally interested in having all his dancers fully understand the definitions of all the calls. He also insists on his dancers dancing with various callers, and refuses to call every week for his clubs. He typically has a guest caller at least once a month. Wayne says that his experience is that when square dancing was new to Europe and England, it was an import from America. America was held in high regard at the time, as were all things American. The Europeans often questioned whether they would be able to dance "well enough" if they traveled to the USA. Of course, square dancing was in its glory years in the US at the time. Upwards of 20,000 were attending National Conventions. The Europeans had reasonable concern that they would not be able to "keep up" with their American counterparts. As a result, they demanded that their callers really put them through their paces and give them a thorough grounding in square dancing. This attitude has been

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P.O. BOX 216 BATH, OH 44210 kept alive over the years, while American square dancing has struggled. Square Dancing, and indeed, many other forms of group activity and entertainment, has declined in America. The society has changed and is generally not as interested in group activities as it once was. We can look around and see that while many, even most, service groups, clubs, and so on have lost membership and influence. When I read the EAASDC Bulletin (The European SD Publication) and Let's Square Dance, the British national publication, there is much concern about Square Dancing's future. When we have danced in Europe and England, in more recent years, we have found some really good dancers and good clubs. We have found some clubs and dancers not so good. In England, particularly, there are many older dancers. I wonder if the dancers Ed Foote called to, as a traveling American caller, were the better, more interested, more involved dancers. We have often danced with various local clubs and have encountered some struggling dancers and struggling clubs. Some clubs expressed great difficulty in recruiting dancers and generating interest in square dancing. Ed says that the number of dancers in England has declined by 40-50% in the past nine years. One German caller I met said that while the number of clubs in Germany has grown a lot, the clubs are smaller, and the total number of dancers is about the same. Betsy and I will be going to Europe again in the fall. We plan to attend the 50th Anniversary of the EAASDC the first weekend in September. The dance will be near Koln (Cologne) and promises to be a great event. We will spend a month rambling through Germany, and wind up the last weekend in September in Paris at the Paris Special, where we will dance at the Eiffel Tower. We will revisit the question of dance levels in Europe and the US then. Meantime, we look forward to seeing all of you in Portland, at the 54th National Convention in June. Happy Dancing, Jun and Betsy Peach Your Rovin Cornet's

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CALLER'S NOTES Norm Wilcox ([email protected]) After 14 years of hard work and enjoyment, Norm has announced that this will be his final year publishing the Caller's Notes. For anyone interested in getting any choreo from previous issues over those 14 years, contact Norm directly. The front page includes a reprint from an article about Rough Dancing written by Orlo Hoadley in 1996. Many of his ideas and suggestions are still applicable in today's dancing. Congratulations to Blue Star for their 1,000th record release, "Blue Blue Day", sung by Marshall Flippo. This month's subject of "Adding Creativity To Your Choreography" is what to call after calling 'Chase Right'. Some thoughts include: The call following Chase Right; The call preceding Chase Right; Vary the arrangement of the starting formation; Have specific dancers only do the call; Interrupt before the call is finished, etc. The Mainstream 53 (Basic) call is Pass the Ocean, followed by a page of choreography using the call. The Mainstream featured call is Box Circulate. Box Circulate is only used when there are four dancers involved. Split Circulate is the more common call, which involves each group of four doing a Box Circulate. In the `Dancing the Mainstream Program', several dance sequences with Box Circulate are included. This month's Plus Program section takes a look at Peel Off from a Column. Things to know about the call: 1) Everyone can Roll; 2) Dancers move in a smooth continuation motion and the call can't be fractionalized; 3) The centers of the ending formation are the same as the centers of the original formation; 4) Make sure that the lead dancers move slightly forward before starting the 'peel- ing' action. The following page includes sequences with Peel Off, as well as other Plus calls. For those calling Advanced, Norm workshops Horseshoe Turn. These ex- If you publish a note service and amples are followed by assorted se- would like it reviewed in future is- quences in the 'Dancing the A-1 Pro- sues of this magazine, please send gram' section. The A-2 Program sec- them to: 9836 E. Foothill Blvd. tion looks at Box/Split Counter Rotate. #6108, Upland, CA 91786. I will be If no fraction follows the call, the de- glad to include your notes in future fault fraction is 1/4. The following page reviews. Thanks, Frank

American Square Dance, March 2005 31 has an assortment of sequences using most of the A-2 calls. JOHN'S NOTES John Saunders (johnnysa@aoLcom) — http://squaredancing.org/johnsnotes John includes a record review and things of interest section. There are several singing call figures included that are used in the newly released songs. The 'Blast From The Past' section includes some of the simpler line dances used between square dance tips. They are 'Amos Moses', 'The Texas Freeze', and 'Raunchy'. The Workshop Ideas section looks at the first periodic selection from the CALLERLAB Periodic Selection committee. The idea is to break up a Square Thru by using something other than a Pull By on a designated hand. Some of the calls that could be inserted on the 'nth hand might be: Touch 1/4; Swing Thru; Spin the Top, etc. Make sure the hand available is the convenient hand to be used for the inserted call. The Mainstream (1-53) Program call this month is Right and Left Thru. The call is limited to a normal arrangement (Boy on left, Girl on right) at the Main- stream program. Recycle is the Mainstream Program call for the month. Dancing the Plus Program this month looks at the call Spin Chain and Ex- change the Gears. This is one of the more difficult calls to teach and the dancers need to understand the components of Spin Chain the Gears before they are taught how to 'Exchange the Gears'. The Advanced and Challenge Supplement includes: Three Quarter Thru; Spin the Windmill; and Follow Your Neighbor Variations (Chase Your Neighbor - Cross Your Neighbor). California Caller College Caller Coaches who Care July 17-22, 2005 • Clovis, California

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Take a-et at what is just released... The Sweetheart Tree Phase II - Waltz - Roper 141 - Dorothy Sanders This routine can be danced on cues. Has several twinkles in it and a left turning box.

Bonaparte's Retreat Phase IV+1 (Q. Open Rev) - Quickstep - Co. 6367 by Glen Campbell - Max Bassett Reverse chasse turn and check, whaletail, prog. chasse, running locks. These are some of the quickstep figures in this routine.

Crying Phase IV+2 (Horseshoe Turn & Sweethearts) - Bolero - STAR 198 - Les and Anne Tulloch Aida, sweetheart, left side pass, horseshoe turn, opening out, and the famous hip lift, are all part of this nice routine.

Here's Your Sign Phase 111+2 (Alemana & Umbrella Turn) - Cha - Warner Bros 7-17491 by Bill Engvall and Travis Tritt - Judy and Dave Moutin Umbrella turn, chase, basic shoulder to shoulder, lariat, and peek a boo chase are incorporated in this choreography.

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The Things You Do Phase 11+2 (Fishtail & Susie Q) - 2 Step - Coll. 450 The Way You Do The Things You Do by the Temptations flip My Girl - Bev Oren Skate sequence, traveling box, side stairs, strolling vine, Susie Q are part of this nicely written routine.

The Way You Jive Phase 111+2 (Pretzel Turn & Windmill) - Jive - Coll. 450 The Way You Do The Things You Do by the Temptations flip My Girl - Bev Oren Fallaway rock and throwaway, change hands behind the back, kick ball change. Ending is 3 point steps, point fwd and hold.

Rock This Town Phase III+1 (Qtr Turn & Prog. Chasse) - 2 Step/Quickstep/Single Swing - Coll. 61377 Rock This Town by the Stray Cats flip She's Sexy +17 - Bev Oren Strolling vine, traveling door, qtr. turn and prog. chasse, locks, whaletail, and rock the boat. This routine encompasses the three rhythms very well.

For Those Who Are Young Phase 111+2 (Telemark & Weave) - Waltz - STAR 135 - Sue Powell and Loren Brosie Roll to a twinkle sequence, hover, weave, whisk and weave, locking sequence and ending is a leg crawl. Very useable Phase III waltz.

Drinking Champagne Phase III+1 (Dia. Turn) - Foxtrot/Jive - MCA 54277 and 79070 - Suggested Speed 46-47 - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Basic jive and foxtrot, with cross hovers, triples and throwaway.

It's Almost Tomorrow Phase IV+1 (Change of Sway) - Waltz - Col. 90019 f/s Tell Me Why by the Dream Weavers - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Viennese turns, slip pivot, x hovers, develop, outside swivel, in and out runs. The ending is prom. sway change of sway.

Flowers On The Wall Phase 111+1 (Umb. Turn) - Cha Cha - Col. 13-33134 by the Statler Bros. - Nancy DeWayn. Baldwin Merengue, New Yorker, crab walks, umbrella turn, New Yorker, basic cha cha routine.

34 American Square Dance, March 2005 Arizona Waltz Phase 11+1 (Imp) - Waltz - TNT 231 by Scott Ludwig - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Prog. twinkles and canters are part of this routine that is pure vanilla.

Swingin' Gently Phase III - 2 Step - MCA 60117 by Earl Grant - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Strolling vine, traveling box, and skate sequence are included in this routine.

Because I Love You Phase 111+2 (Alemana from Fan) Rumba - Merc 314-562-530 by Mark Wells - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Crab walks, chase lariat, fence line, time step, wheel, tamara and ending is side corte.

Reet Petite Phase 11+1 (Fishtail) - 2 Step - STAR 117 - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Vine, face to face, back to back, basketball turn, struts, and fishtail. A basic 2 step.

Young Love Phase 11+1 (Imp) - Waltz - Hi Hat EN 060 by Alex Johnson - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Basic waltz, with twinkles and box sequences. No surprises.

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American Square Dance, March 2005 35 The Song We Fell In Love To Phase 11+1 (Fishtail) - 2 Step - Col. 3-10210 by Connie Smith - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Lace sequence, locks, fishtail, open vine, left turning box, and traveling box. Good music.

You Ain't Much Fun Phase II - 2 Step - Polydor 422 851 728 7 by Toby Keith - Mike and Michelle Seurer Hitch, scoot, box, reverse box, limp, vine and wrap and unwrap sequence and lace sequence, as wheel as left turning box.

Come A Little Bit Closer Phase 111+2 (Fwd Cha's & Hip Rock 4) - Cha - Col. 6016-B by Jay and the Americans - Marnell and Deryle Bode Choreographer suggests you slow for comfort. Chase, time step, fence lines, slide doors, circle away in 4 cha's, shoulder to shoulder, and basic cha cha figures are included in this routine.

More Than You'll Ever Know Phase IV+1 (Cuddles) - Rumba & 2 Step - WB 17606 by Travis Tritt - Richard and Frances Matthews Crabwalks, wheel, switch cross, sidewalks, and basic rumba amalgamations are included in this routine. The phase 2 portion has basketball turn and pro. scissors included in that portion of the dance.

All My Ex's Live In Texas Phase II+1 (Fishtail) - 2 Step - Col. 90031 or MCA 53087 by George Strait - Ron and Georgine Woolcock Basketball turn, fishtail, struts, prog. scissors, walk and manuv. pivot two are portions of this dance. Good CW music.

Sleepless Nights Phase IV+1 (Triple Traveler) - Slow 2 Step - CURB 9077-7R by the Judds flip of One Man Woman - Roger and Kathy Wright Side basic, rev. u/a turn, dbl. u/a turn, switches, lunge basics. Left turn inside roll, and right turn outside roll. Ending is sway left and right dip back and twist with the famous leg crawl. This routine is very well done.

Two Teardrops Phase IV - Rumba - Capitol 72438-58767 by Steve Wariner - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Hockey stick, left lariat, bolero wheel, open break, peek a boo chase double, aida, New Yorker. Ending is side corte.

One Time Round Phase IV - Cha Cha - ARISTA 12444 by Michelle Wright - Nancy and DeWayne 36 American Square Dance, March 2005 Baldwin Spot turns, aida, switch rock, alemana, side walks, time step. Basic routine no surprises.

Lucky Old Colorado Phase 11+1 (Imp) - Waltz - CURB NR 76854 by Merle Haggard - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Left turning box, twinkle, canters, reverse twirl. Ending is side corte.

A Date With The Blues Phase III - Jive/Foxtrot - Hi Hat EN 058 by Johny Catron - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Chasse, point steps, fallaway, triples, are some of the jive figures. The foxtrot is basic with cross hovers and left turns and box.

The Girl Next Door Phase IV - Waltz - STAR 162 by Robbins Music - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Diamond turn, drag hesitation, in and out runs, develop, outside swivels. Ending is overspin turn back and corte.

Be My Angel Phase III - 2 Step - MCAS 7-54440/MCA38654 by Lionel Cartwright - Nancy and DeWayne Baldwin Circle chase, lace sequence, traveling box, strolling vine and fishtail are some of the figures in this routine.

The Battle Of New Orleans Phase II - 2 Step - Coll. 13-33004 by Johny Horton - Jerry Buckmaster and Zodie Reigel Broken box, face to face and back to back, lace sequence and travel box with twirls. Hitches, scoots and struts. Nice snappy 2 step.

North To Alaska Phase H - 2 Step - Col. 13-33004 - zsp51297 by Johny Horton - Patricia Hintz Solo left turning box, basketball turn, hitch, scissors, lace sequence, skate se- quence. Ending has solo left turning box, skate sequence and basketball turn.

Lady Is A Tramp Phase IV+2+1 (Chasse Weave) - Quickstep - Roper JH 416B - John and Dorothy Szabo Qtr. turn and prog. chasse, running fwd Recordings reviewed locks, half natural, whaletail, tipple are supplied by chasse, vien. turns, and strut 4. Ending Palomino Rec order, Inc. is right lunge. 800-328-3800

American Square Dance, March 2005 37 What a "Wonderful World" that we live in where we can go to "Some Beach" and have our Saint Patricks Day Dance. Don't forget to wear your Irish green and have a blast. Wonderful World Choreography: John Gealy, 5334 Hidalgo St., Houston, TX 77056 Record: RCA 447-0578 (Flip: Everybody Loves to Cha Cha Cha) Artist: Sam Cooke; Available Palomino Records Footwork: Opposite, directions for man except as noted (W's in parentheses) Rhythm: Cha Cha, Roundalab Phase IV+2 (full natural top, sweetheart) Sequence: Intro-A-B-C-D-E-A-B(mod)-E-Ending (42.5 rpm)

Intro Wait Two Measures Butterfly Wall;;

Part A Traveling Door Twice (to Open LOD);; Sliding Door; Cucaracha (to Face); Traveling Door Twice (to Open RLOD);; Sliding Door; Cucaracha (to Face);

Part B Hand to Hand 2x to Left Hand Star (M face RLOD);; Modified Umbrella Turn (to low bfly M face RLOD);;;;

Part C Rk Fwd, Rec, Triple Chas Back;; Rk Bk, Rec, Triple Chas Fwd (M fcg RLOD);; Alemana Overturned (M fc COH bfly);; Cucaracha Twice;;

Part D Open Break to Full Natural Top (M face COH);;; Cross Body;;

Part E Flirt;; Sweethearts Twice (W turn to Face);; Chase Peek-a-Boo;;;;

Part B (Modified) Hand to Hand 2x to Left Hand Star (M face RLOD);; Modified Umbrella Turn to Face Wall;;;;

Ending Hand to Hand 2x to Left Hand Star (M face RLOD);;

38 American Square Dance, March 2005 Modified Umbrella Turn Three;;; Both Rock Back-Recov-Point RLOD in left half-open;

Some Beach Choreography: Ken and Dianne Pratt, 128 N.E. Hayes, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 Music: "Some Beach" by Blake Shelton Bar & Grill CD WB 48728-2 Track 1 or Download single track from MainStreetMusic.com Rhythm & Phase: Phase 3+2 Cha Cha (Alem/Cross Body) Speed: CD/Speed Sequence: INTRO, A, B, A, B, C, B, END INTRO WAIT; Cucarachas;; PART A Basic;; Brk Bk Op; Wlk & Cha; Sliding Doors;; Circle Awy & Tog Cha;; Alem ;; Lariat ;; PART B Chase Peek-A-Boo;;;; Hnd/Hnd 2X;; Op Brk; Spt Trn ; Cross Body;; NY 2X;; Cross Body;; NY 2X;; Repeat "A" Repeat "B" PART C 1/2 Basic; Crab Walks;; Spt Trn; Fenceline & Whip ;; 1/2 Basic; Crab Walks;; Spt Tm; Fenceline & Whip ;; Repeat "B" END Chase Peek-A-Boo Bfly;;;; 2 Sd Cl's; Sd Corte;

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By Ed Fools 7th iPAC Convention The 7th International Plus, Advanced and Challenge Convention (iPAC) will be held in Barnstedt, Germany (just north of Hamburg) Friday, July 8 through Sunday, July 10, 2005, with a Trail-End Dance on Thursday, July 7. This event began in 1993 and is held every other year. It is an outstanding convention which is very well run and, with an attendance of over 1,000 dancers, it has become a major international square dance event. Dancers attend from numerous European countries and from around the world. Many dancers from the U.S. have attended over the years and have come home raving about the friendliness and hospitality of the people and the quality of the calling and dancing. In 2005 there will be eight halls, as follows: Plus (22 hours); A-1 (16 hours); A-2 (16 hours); C-1 (19 hours); C-2, C-3A and C-3B (16 hours each); and C-4 (3 hours). There will also be contra dancing and an open air dance in the center of town on Sunday. Trail-End Dances are Plus on Thursday, July 7 and C-1 on Wednesday, July 6. There will be nine Staff Callers from five countries as follows: Clark Baker and Saundra Bryant from the U.S.; Barry Clasper and Anne Uebelacker from Canada; Dave Wilson from Sweden; Osamu Otsuka from Japan; Thorsten Hubmann, Jurgen Loder and Nils Trottmann from Germany. In addition, four other callers from Germany and Sweden will call guest tips. If you have ever considered sight-seeing in Europe combined with square dancing, you cannot find a better way to do this than with iPAC this coming July. For information write: Steffen Mauring, Hauptstrasse 16, C-25469 Halstenbek, Germany. E-mail: SMauring @ aol .com (National Square Dance Convention — Part 2 will be next month)

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Pd l Moore Saint Paddy's Day...B'Gosh When my wife and I started dancing, back before Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, there was very little contra dancing in the square dance world. Granted, there were the live music folk, but those of us in Modern Western Square Dancing did not know about them. In Southern California there was only one contra club that had square dancers in mind: Courtly Contras, hosted by Bob and Becky Osgood at the old Sets In Order hall in Los Angeles. To attend one of Bob's dances for the first time, you had to be sponsored by a member; to attend a second time, you had to have Becky's invitation to come back again. Many callers would claim to do contras, but then they would complain that they couldn't seem to get the dancers really interested. Well...it seems that these callers did one contra a year for Saint Patrick's Day, and that dance was "Slaunch to Donegal" (Windsor 4183). "Slaunch..." was unusual because it was a singing contra. Really. If you can listen to the called side, you'll hear the great Don and Marie Armstrong. Don prompts the dance as a standard contra. Then Marie sings it. They alternate until the last chorus when they both sing. (Aside: for those who did not know it, Don Armstrong was an electrifying square dance caller before he went exclusively to contras and folk dance. Marie is still great!) Slaunch to Donegal Beckett (Windsor 4183) Allemenade left your corner, go home and swing you do Swing your gal...slant left and right and left thru To the left you go then straight across new two right and left thru Take your time and turn your Jane then the ladies chain She's not yours, what a shame, chain her back again Keep in step with the piper's band and star with the old left hand Around you mill and around you wheel come back with the right hand all Turn the star go home again get back to Donegal Square dance callers loved "Slaunch" because they could sing it like any

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Clubs, Vendors, Callers, Cuers - You can have your own web site on the Squaredancing.org for only $35.00 per year. ihttp://squaredancing.org/yourclub) This includes club officers, pictures and schedule with annual updates. Visit http://squaredancing.org/web_design.htm for all the details [email protected] singing call, and they did not have to learn to prompt. Also, "Slaunch" was one of the very rare contras available on record that had a called version on the flip side. Callers could learn to do the dance simply by imitating Don and Marie. Also, the music is really lively. (Aside: the music was so lively that Don, who played drums in the band, slid his drum set off the stage. If you listen closely at the end you can hear a little crash that they could not edit out — that's Don's drum going over the edge.) But, quite sadly, there are some built-in problems with "Slaunch." The first is the overflow of the dance. There are four courtesy turns plus a left hand star and an allemande left. I remember the first time I danced this I got so dizzy by the third time thru that I could not see straight. The second problem is that dancers have some trouble figuring out who to dance with. First, you separate from your partner for the allemande left, though that resolves with a partner swing. Then, instead of dancing with couple straight across, you slant left to do a right and left thru with a different couple. That is immediately followed with another right and left thru, but with yet another couple straight across. On the first right and left thru, if you do not move far enough to take the place of that other couple, you do not get in position for the second right and left thru. And, most square dancers want to square off with the couple they did a right and left thru with, so many end up facing back to where they came from instead of across the set. Then there are two ladies chain. That means there have been four courtesy turns in a row for the men. These poor guys feel like they have been going backwards around in circles. Without experience, it is difficult for many dancers to convert from the courtesy turn into stars. (The trick is to keep the left hands from the courtesy turn joined and step forward into the left hand star.) Just as soon as you think you know who you are dancing with (5 figures in a row with the same couple: right and left thru, two chains, and two stars), you have to separate from your partner again for the allemande left. At least the corner stays the same throughout the dance, as does your partner. There is another problem with "Slaunch" which is not inherent. The tempo on 42 American Square Dance, March 2005 the record is about 132 beats per minute. For most square dancers that is not overly fast (though I think a lot of callers have slowed down to 128bpm or slower), but it is very fast for contra dancing. That tempo forces dancers to rush through figures instead of relaxing into the phrase of the music. Also, the speed heightens the sense of dizziness. Callers could slow the record down, but then it doesn't "sound right" because it is not the same tempo as the patter and singing calls. A change of tempo is part of the idea of using contras in a square dance program. Why do the different thing if it does not really feel different. If the tempo does not change and the caller sings the song, the only change is that the dancers have to learn a new formation that is uncomfortable. The dancers get lost and dizzy. "Slaunch to Donegal" really is a good dance, in spite of everything I've said about it so far. (Aside: I got to dance "Slaunch" with Marie Armstrong and Erich Fritz of Germany singing. Marie sang in English, Erich sang it in his dialect of German. The two alternated choruses, then sang the last together. They had turned the tempo down to be comfortable. The crowd went crazy!) But "Slaunch" is not a good first exposure to contra dancing for square dancers because of all of the factors already mentioned. There is one more factor that makes it a disaster: most callers who use it do not understand it and therefore cannot present it well. The experience is frustrating for everyone. This month's column was, to some extent, a list of things not to do when presenting contra dancing to square dancers. In the future we'll look at some things to do so that everyone wins.

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In the picture, left to right: Tom Rudebock; Laurel Wirtanen, Annual Giving Manager, Berea Children's Home; Bob Cadman; Ray Miller. 44 American Square Dance, March 2005 THE COUN RY ]INE

From Mike Salerno

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling. From glen to glen, and down the mountain side. Hello dancers. It is March, classes are winding down and everyone can now concentrate on learning a new line dance. Part of your New Year's resolution should be to try to learn one new dance a month. This month's dance is a relatively easy and repetitious dance. If you have any questions about this dance or a suggestion for a future column, please contact me at P.O. Box 2685, Topeka, Kansas 66601-2685. I can also be reached via e-mail at [email protected]. Until next time, I will save you a spot on the dance floor. This Month's Dance: Rockin' Basic Steps (Official NTA Definitions): Coaster Step: A Triple Step that changes direction forward and back. A synco- pated rhythm with three weight changes in two beats of music, counted 1 & 2. Coaster steps can begin with either foot and move either forward or backwards on Count 1. Bring the feet together and transfer weight on the & Count. Step in the opposite direction of the first step. Rock Step: AKA Break Step, Check Step. Two weight changes in opposite directions using two beats of music. Forward and backward Rock Steps are performed in 5th position (Toe to Heel) while side Rock Steps are performed in 2nd position (shoulder width apart). Step: The transfer of weight from one foot to the other. Tap (Touch): The toe or the heel of the free foot taps or touches the floor without a weight change. Triple Step: AKA Polka Step. A syncopated rhythm with three weight changes in two beats of music, counted 1 & 2. \. \ NA NA wuk-www‘lisie Triple steps can begin with either foot National Square Dance and can move forward, backward, in a circle in 3rd (Heel to Instep) position, DIRECTORY or to either side in 2nd position. .°ie Information and contacts for thou- sands of clubs in the U.S., Canada p. NAME: Rockin' 0 and around the world. Great for 0 DESCRIPTION: 32 Count, 4 Wall e0 traveling and planning vacations. Beginner/Intermediate Line Dance $9.95 (plus $4.00 postage and handling) 10. CHOREOGRAPHER: Anita McNab # Life Subscription - $50.00 (Canada) ft PO Box 880, Brandon MS 39043 1: MUSIC TEMPO SUGGESTIONS: (800) 542-4010 L.VINIMMINFAM9i laSt American Square Dance, March 2005 45 Get comfortable with...

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46 American Square Dance, March 2005 Friendship Set to Music By Dee Scott Since the story about Minnesota's cable TV show, "Friendship Set to Music," in the January issue, many calls and questions have come in. The answers to some of these inquiries might be useful to others. What was your main purpose when you started producing this show? To educate the viewers about square and round dancing, i.e., to let people know that their neighbors and friends and relatives are dancing all over the world and that they can join by simply making a phone call. Are there viewer-response phone numbers on the screen? Yes, there are two phone numbers that are frequently flashed on the screen so viewers can call with questions or comments. There are also lots of other graphics which give details about square and round dancing and encourage the viewers to join the fun. Will these phone numbers get the viewer in any of the fifty states local information for their areas? Yes. Both phones have a national directory beside them so viewers will be referred to a club or caller or dancer near their homes. Some cable stations are also willing to run a bulletin-board announcement when the show ends that gives a local phone number — either their viewer-response number or one that you supply to them. How do we get these tapes on the air in our area? You need to contact your local cable TV station (not usually the cable company) and ask if they will air the show if you bring tapes to them or if the tapes are mailed to them. (Some stations will want you to sign a "hold harmless" form for each tape.) If they say "yes" they will air tapes you bring them, you need to call Dee to buy tapes. Or, you need to get a crew together and start making your own shows for airing in your area. The purpose of cable TV is to serve the local subscribers — play what they request or what they create. Most stations eagerly accept good, clean, entertaining program- ming. Many have enthusiastic station managers (like our Jim Lundberg) who will be more than willing to help your club make your own shows for the local viewers. What is the content of the show? For the first year, we did an educational format combined with lots of square and round dancing. In the hour-long format, there were three or four round dances, six or seven singing calls, and three segments when the hosts interviewed the square dancers on the show about attire at a dance, when, where and how often a person can dance, how long it takes to learn to dance, the purpose of angels and queens, memorable experiences CUE SHEET MAGAZINE such as conventions or special dances, A Great Source For Cue Sheets and details about the club or region being spotlighted. The caller also taught 12 Issues Per Year - Subscription Rates one basic or mainstream call to one $38.00 USA via Presorted Mail - S47.00 square for about three minutes. All Canada via First Class shows except one use mainstream calls. $53.00 Foreign via Printed Matter Surface One show is a "plus" show; one has a Mail (Europe only) live band on the show. 4015 Mario St., San Diego, CA 92154 Phone: 619-690-4361 • Fax: 619-690-4016 What is the format for 2005? More htlp://v,ww.cuesheelmagazine.net dancing, less talking; more guest call- Email cutemerge.ox.nel or csms@c,ox.nel

American Square Dance, March 2005 47 ers and cuers; more youth on the shows. We're going to be doing a couple of Deadlines For four-generation shows: kids, teens, American Square Dance adults, seniors. (We currently have 40 January 15 March issue children at a private school taking February 15 April issue square dance lessons and they will be March 15 May issue coming on the show to dance.) The April 15 June issue theme for the show: Square dancing is May 15 July issue for the whole family! June 15 August issue July 15 September issue How can any of the shows be used August 15 October issue to promote square and round dancing? September 15 November issue First and foremost: get them on the October 15 December issue cable station that you watch. You want November 15 January issue your area to know that square dancing December 15 February issue is alive and well. Who else might play them? Give copies to nursing homes in your areas. They can play them during their activity periods or in their entertainment area. The residents have lots of visitors who will see these tapes plus the residents will be telling their relatives and friends about this great activity. Leave brochures about your club with the tapes. If your community has a fair or a community showcase where groups can set up booths, rent a booth, bring a TV and play the shows during the fair. Wear your outfits and have your club's brochures ready to hand to the visitors. Take tapes to your community center or the senior center. Those folks will love watching and listening to them while they are at the center. They'll tell their family and friends about them. Again, leave a few brochures about your club and your lessons. Give tapes to the phys. ed. teachers at your schools. They could use a show to introduce the unit on dancing, hopefully square dancing. Give tapes to friends or neighbors who are home schooling their children. The show would be a great way for them to introduce dancing to their children (and often square dancing can qualify as a phys. ed. credit). Give tapes to shut-ins — what a wonderful way to share your favorite pastime. Cutest question asked by a viewer: "Where do you get all those professional dancers on the show?" If you have more questions or want tapes or would like help starting your own show, call Dee at 952-472-0006. AMERICAN ft) SQUAREDANCE 34 E. Main Street, Apopka, FL 32703 1-888-LW-2-DNC (1-888-588-2362) AmericanSquareDance Cearthlink . net 48 American Square Dance, March 2005 Im'

How To Use A Note Service What is a Note Service? It is a means to disseminate information, primarily about Square Dance Chore- ography. Note Services are also relatively inexpensive. For the cost of the nightly dance fees for two to four couples once a year, you have access to a wealth of information.

History In the past there were several famous Note Services. These included: • The National Callers Report by Will Orlich, • Notes for Callers by Jack Lasry • News 'N' Notes originally published by Earl Johnston, Al Brundage and Deuce Williams, and later published by Ed Foote. • Choreo Breakdown by Bill Peters. None of these note services are being published today. In many cases, these older note services were the only way that local callers could get information about the new calls that were being written. During the 60's, 70's and 80's these new calls were coming out at the rate of up to 20 each month. The only other way to find out about them was to go to a travelling caller dance. I remember learning Spin The Top at a dance called by Les Gotcher who was a famous travelling caller.

What's Available Today? Today this focus has changed. There are no new calls being written today, or if there are, they are very few and far between. I believe we have exhausted just about all the possibilities. There is not much more that can be invented for eight human square dancers who only have two arms, two legs and can only turn in multiples of 90°. Today's note services focus on providing choreography for teaching and using the calls we have on our current program lists in varied and interesting ways.

Why Subscribe To A Note Service? The basic reason to subscribe to a note service is to get choreographic ideas. American SquareDance Has Email! [email protected] American Square Dance, March 2005 49 This includes how to use calls in combinations that are interesting and ideas on how to teach these calls. We all lead very busy lives and there often isn't time to sit down and come up with new and fresh ways to present our choreography. If a caller subscribes to a note service, he or she has access to different ideas every month. Any caller who writes a note service spends a good part of his time every month writing choreography. Just to give you an idea of how much this entails, I have been publishing Callers Notes for 14 years. I write 12 pages of choreography every month for 10 months each year. This adds up to 120 pages or choreography every year and for 14 years, this adds up to 1680 pages of choreography. When a caller subscribes to a note service, he or she has access to a wealth of experience in choreographic writing.

Choreographic Accuracy All the choreography that goes into a note service is checked for accuracy. I use computer checker programs to ensure that mine is accurate and I'm sure other publishers do likewise. Before we go on, we need to clear up something about computer checker programs. These programs do not write the choreography. They act like a normal set of checkers with the exception that a computer pushes them around instead of you pushing them around by hand. You have to tell the computer program what you want the checkers to do. However, very occasionally, errors creep in between the computer checker program and the word processor programs that we use to edit and format the choreography.

Body Flow I am very conscious of body flow when I call and so I try to ensure the choreography I write also has good body flow. There are a couple of ways you can check for good or bad body flow. • You can visualize the choreography in your mind. • You have knowledge, built up over the years, of what call combinations flow well together what combinations don't. Look for these combinations as you scan the choreography. • You can push checkers around on the table and check for body flow. • One of the best ways is to use a computer checker program. In the program, Callers Angels you can activate the "Animate" feature. This feature allows you to see the checkers moving as they execute each call. The program WinHash has this feature activated all the time.

What To Look For In A Note Service A lot depends of your needs. You should look at a variety of note services and compare them to see which one(s) provide the information you want in the format you can use it best.

How To Use A Note Service It doesn't matter what system of choreographic control you use, you can 50 American Square Dance, March 2005 benefit from a note service. A lot of us use Sight Calling as our primary method of controlling the dancers. A Sight Caller may not use an entire sequence from a note service, but he or she may lift ideas out of the sequences on the page and use those in combination with his or her own patterns. • Before you use any choreography from a note service, you should push your own checkers through it. • Check for accuracy, body flow and hand availability. For instance if you see a combination of calls such as: HEADS SLIDE THRU - SQUARE THRU 3/4 - RIGHT & LEFT THRU, you know that right hands are not available for the Right & Left Thru and you need to add a Dosado. Don't let any of these things surprise you when you are calling a dance. • Check for any difficult combinations of calls. After that you have several options. • You could read the sequences off the page. This is not necessarily the best approach, but I know for a fact that it is done. • You could transfer the sequences to cards and use those. • You could take one or more sequences that appeal to you, put them on cards and use them one at a time over and over again until each one becomes knowledge. • You could memorize the sequences. • You could pick out small portions of the sequences and use them as modules. • You could scan the choreography for ideas and use those ideas in your own sequences.

Now what? You have checked the choreography for errors, body flow and hand availabil- ity. Now you want to use the choreography at a dance or a workshop. Hopefully, I have given you some ideas to work with.

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American Square Dance, March 2005 53 OUND DANCE OP% PULSE POLL '

From v & lipob Casteel

Dear Readers and Friends, It is already March 2005 and Easter is here. We hope you have a fun filled Easter Holiday with your families and may you find some wonderful dances to enjoy from this article. Happy Easter. Chicagoland Round Dance Leaders' Society Teach of the Month for February 2005 Submitted by Jayne and George Sheldon Phase II: The Beguine II (Seuer) Star 126 Phase III: Land of Enchantment (Scott) Album New Mexico Michae Buble Phase IV: No Matter What (Harcourt) Star 202 Phase V: And That Reminds Me (Vogt) Album Great Gentlemen of Song - Al Martino Phase VI: Scheherazade (Moore) CD 101045

Dixie Round Dance Council Popular Dances/Teaches As Reported in the January 2005 Newsletter Submitted by John and Misty Hannah 1. Boom Boom (Rumble) V/Cha/Mergengue/Dance House CD 22004 2. No Matter What (Fisher) IIURumba/Star 202 3. All In The Game (Buck) IV/Waltz/Star 203B 4. Feliz Navidad (Anderberg) IV/Rumba 5. Hey Mambo (Cibula) IV/Mambo/Pop CD 6. Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Goss) VNW

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Publishing your articles in American Square Dance is free. Anything of na- Free Stuff tional interest will be published (maybe even stuff we just find interesting). Free issues of American Square Dance are always available for your graduating classes. Just let us know how many and when you want them. — Randy Boyd, Editor "1 1•11.. 54 American Square Dance, March 2005 7. Looking Through Your Eyes (Read) IV/Rumba/CD 83097-2 8. This Is The Life (Rumble) IV/Foxtrot/CD Matt Monroe Note 20 Dances tied for 9th Dixie Round Dance Council Popular Dances/Teaches As Reported in the February 2005 Newsletter Submitted by John and Misty Hannah 9. Dark Waltz (Vogt) VI/Waltz 10. Gone With The Wind (Worlock) IV/Foxtrot LeCynge (Shibata) VI/Waltz Look At Me I'm Sandra Dee (Goss) V/V Waltz Say No More (Moore) VI/Bolero/SP CD 2807441 The Man That I Love (Imamura) VUBolero The Sun, The Sea, & The Sky (Bradt) V/Waltz/CD R2CD 5027 Yellow Bird (Liberti) IIURumba/Sydney Thompson EP 611 11. And That Reminds Me (Vogt) V/Foxtrot/A1 Martino Ascot's Rumba (Kennedy) III/Rumba/Roper JHG 421B Change Everything (Hager) IV/Rumba Hey Mambo (Cibula) IV/Mambo/Pop CD Looking Through Your Eyes (Read) IV/Rumba/CD 83097-2 Merengue Si (Barton) III/Merengue/CD Night Train (Lawson) IIUJive/Belco B370A No Matter What (Fisher) III/Rumba/Star 202 Rachel's Song (Stairwalt) IV/Slow Two Step/DMC 001-A 54th National Square Dance Convention June 22-25, 2005, Portland, Oregon Last Name Only Address City State Nation Zip Code Phone Fax

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From Kappie Kappenman Choreo Corner With Kenny Farris Reprinted from an unknown source A warm welcome to the wonderful world of square dancing to our newest "corners" and welcome back to the rest of you squares! Thought we'd start the new dance season off with a few reminders on styling. When holding hands with dancers facing the same direction, men hold palms up, ladies place palms down on men's hands. This also holds true for Promenade. If same gender are beside each other, the dancer on the left will adopt the men's styling and the dancer on the right will adopt that of the ladies. The CALLERLAB recommended Ocean Wave handhold is hands up, crossed palms, with thumbs "gently closed on the back of the opposing dancer's hand" — not right-on, not forearms, not hands down low. But do expect to face all of these variations on occasion. Use a handshake handhold for pull-by calls like R & L Grand, Ladies Chain, Square Thru, etc. Use a forearm for arm turns that do not begin and end in waves, i.e. Turn Thru, Allemande Left, Shoot the Star, and Do Paso. A forearm is also used by leaders in Flutterwheel and by scooters in Scoot Back. In Ferris Wheel the couples facing in step straight ahead to momentarily form a two-faced line in the center. Only then do they start the Wheel and Deal. No one should be dragged caveman-style through the middle! Recycle is a no-hands call — ends Cross Fold as the centers of the wave Fold in behind the ends, follow them around, and then face in and take hands to end in

Wow! Congratulations! 60 years for ASD. What memories that invokes for Cathie and me, since we were a part of that history for 23 of those 60 years. And of course the bright rooster logo on the cover, and your mention that I had cre- ated it, brought back the image of our very first cover design of October 1968 when I first drew that character. We wanted to make a good first impression so I had to create several plates which, combined gave us the full color design we wanted. Color was not an option, but a rarity in those days. Happy New Year and many more suc- cessful years with ASD — It's great! Regards, Stan (Cathie, too) Burdick 56 American Square Dance, March 2005 facing couples. Linear Cycle is also a no-hands call after the Single Hinge. Dancers are holding hands in a wave, they Hinge, then hands are let go as the dancers who are facing out Fold and follow. Hands are taken again at the completion of the Peel action. Square dancing, like everything else in life, has trends. Once upon a time everyone did a Dosado back to back, which is what the French expression "Dos a dos" means. Then the trend was to do the Hungarian Swing (with no apologies to the French, I might add). And now back-to-back is back. How far should you Promenade? It depends. The handbook suggests everyone Promenade at least a quarter, meaning, if need be, we pass home for another full time around. The trend today is to just stop at home if you are there. This has become accepted as the norm. In fact, many callers have jumped on this trend by occasionally completing a sequence of calls where the dancers end up exactly at home and saying, "You ought to be," and the dancers shout, "Home!" BUT, in the singing call PLEASE Promenade at least one half. Most callers try to have the Corner Swing take place at or near home, so that you will do a full promenade. (Sometimes you only have to go half or 3/4.) When you just stop at home without Promenading, you have to stand there doing nothing while the caller sings the refrain — we thought you came to dance! Relax and enjoy yourself. Most people would rather dance with Mr. Fun- loving-smooth-dancer who breaks down once in a while than Mr. I'll-just-die-if- our-square-breaks-down who pulls and yanks every arm in sight. Have fun out there! And remember to take hands with people on either side of you at the completion of each call. See you on the dance floor!

NSDC - THE YOUTH TRAIL Welcome to Oregon, June 22-25, 2005. Your hosts, Oregon and Washington dancers, are inviting all Youth to come and join us for the 54th National Square Dance Convention. We are planning a comprehensive Youth program. We will include Square Dance, Round Dance, Contra, Clogging and Western. We hope to have something for everyone to enjoy. We want to expose Youth square dancers to these other forms of dancing in a roomful of people their own size and age. The Youth Hall will be open to any Youth (18 and under) square dancers. Parents, relatives and friends not meeting this description may observe, but not dance, in the Youth Hall. Youth dancers are not limited to dancing in the Youth Hall. They may take part in the full Convention; however, the Youth Hall will provide an excellent place for dancing and socializing with peers. The Youth Committee has planned a Convention-long fun badge event called "Build-a-Frog". The badge has five parts. There will be six opportunities to earn the five parts. For the first time in National Square Dance Convention(& history, a Youth Singing Call Showcase in a main hall will take place. Youth, age 18 and under, who are capable of performing a full singing call for a large audience, may apply Continued on page 61 American Square Dance, March 2005 57 WHAT'S AHEAD

Association/Federation festivals, con- ventions or benefit dances can be listed free of charge in What's Ahead. We need the event date, name, location including city and state, contact address, phone number, and email if any. The name of the Association/Federa- tion must be printed on the flyer to receive the free listing. Send us the event information as early as you want, but we prefer to receive it four to six months in advance of the event's scheduled date.

NATIONAL CONVENTIONS (U.S.A.) 1-3 CALIFORNIA — Spring Jam- National Square Square Dance boree, Amador County Fairgrounds, Cony. Highway 49, Plymouth; Walt and Donna 209-295-3566 June 23-26, 2004 — Denver, CO 2 CALIFORNIA — Concord June 22-25, 2005 — Portland, OR Stompers 50th Anniversary, June 21-24, 2006 — San Antonio, TX Shadelands Auditorium, Walnut Creek June 27-30, 2007 — Charlotte, NC (Concord); Jerry/Nancy Matlin, 925- Intl. Assoc. of Gay Square Dancers: 682-8280; [email protected]. July 1-5, 2004 — Phoenix, AZ 8-9 IOWA — 43rd Iowa State Square July 1-4, 2005 — Santa Clara, CA & Round Dance Convention, River June 30 - July 3, 2006 — Anaheim, CA Center, Davenport; Jim and Linda May 25-27, 2007 — Denver, CO Kuhle, 183 38th Ave., East Moline, IL 61244; 309-755-6899 MARC! Mai 8-9 MISSOURI — 57th Annual Jam- 4-5 INDIANA — Spring Extrava- boree, St. Ann Community Center, #1 ganza, Hamilton County 4-H Grounds, Community Center Drive, St. Ann; Art Noblesville; Jim and Lue Lewis 317- and Wanda Kruse, 314-822-1826; 896-3138; David and Patti Woods 765- [email protected] 734-1597 15-16 KANSAS — South Central 25-26 CALIFORNIA — 37th An- Kansas Square and Round Dance Fes- nual Redding Square Dance Jamboree tival, Cessna Activity Center, 2744 S. (Swing Into Spring); Redding Conven- Geo. Washington Blvd, Wichita; David tion Center, Redding; Sally and Dave and Charlotte Stone, 3510 So. Hiram, Capp, 530-365-3411, Wichita, KS, 67217; 316-942-6852; [email protected]; Bob and stonedavidc @jtmo.com Adeline Longnecker, 530-221-3555, 16 NOVA SCOTIA — Scotia Danc- [email protected] ers Spring Fling 05, Sackville Heights Community Centre, Lower Sackville;

58 American Square Dance, March 2005 Don and Carol Scott 865-5780 Rounds & In The Pink Dancers Parade 22 NOVA SCOTIA — West Kings of Rounds, LeBrun Centre, Bedford Twirlers IWK Benefit Dance, Kingston Elementary School MAY 2005 22-23 VERMONT — 47th New En- 5-7 ONTARIO CANADA — 44th gland/Vermont Square and Round Annual Int'l Square & Round Dance Dance Convention, various Battleboro Convention, St. Catharines, Ontario, Schools and Community Buildings, Canada; Dorothy Budge, 1 1 I Ontario Steve and Janet Allen, 59 Taylor Hill St. North, Apt. #401, Milton, ON - L9T Road, Brookfield, VT 05036; 802-276- 2T2; 905-875-0268; 3433; www.nesrdc.org [email protected] 23 MISSOURI — Spring Fling 6-7 KENTUCKY/OHIO — 45th 2005, Mills Center, Lebanon; Don and Buckeye Dance Convention (sponsored Luann Morrow, 301 Davis St., Leba- by Southwestern Ohio Square Dancers non, MO 65536 Federation), One W. RiverCenter 23 NOVA SCOTIA — Lahave River Blvd., Covington, KY; Ron & Emily Ramblers Friendship Dance, Michelin Henry, 513-471-3617; Social Club, Logan Rd., Bridgewater [email protected] 29-30 NORTH DAKOTA — 53rd 6-8 NEVADA — 58th Silver State Annual North Dakota Square and Square and Round Dance Festival, Round Dance Convention (It's Worth Reno; Silver State, C/O Pam Jenefsky, the Drive in 2005), Linton Public P.O. Box 2716, Reno, NV 89505; 775- School, Linton; Richard and Esther 853-9287 Lang, 7945 39th Ave. SE, Wishek, ND 7 NOVA SCOTIA — Berwick 58495; 701-462-3239; Belles 'N Beaus May Flower Dance, [email protected] Berwick Recreation Centre 29-MAY 1 NEW MEXICO — 25th 13-14 MICHIGAN — Memories In Annual New Mexico Singles Square May Square and Round Dance Week- Dance Fling, ASDC Hall, 4915 end, Pansophia Academy, 52 Abbott Hawkins NE, Albuquerque; Kathi Ave., Coldwater; Sandy McIntire 734- Raver, 505-286-9000, [email protected] 728-3005; George Ferguson 734-890- 30 NOVA SCOTIA — Fun Time Moving to Florida? Subscribe to Bow & Swing! (A shameless plug for our other magazine!) ❑ ONE YEAR $15.00 ❑ TWO YEARS $25.00 (Outside the U.S. Add $2.00)

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60 American Square Dance, March 2005 nlcs.html eration Convention, Radisson Penn 8-9 ILLINOIS — Midsummer Ma- Harris Hotel, Camp Hill; Bob & Ellen nia, Hinsdale Community House, 415 Williams, 2159 Palomino Dr., West Eighth Street, Hinsdale; Jim and Warrington, PA 18976-2171; 215-343- Lauren 630-941-1960; Ed and Nancy 2969; bob- 6 3 0 - 8 3 4 - 0 2 7 4 ; [email protected];members.tripod.corn/ www.midsummermania.com ; psrdf; PAsquaredance.org maniac @midsummermania.com 12-14 Wisconsin — 46th Wisconsin 8-10 GERMANY — 7th Interna- Square & Round Dance Convention, tional Plus, Advanced and Challenge Apple t on, Convention, Barnstedt, Germany (just www.wisquaredanceconvention.org/ north of Hamburg) 2005 14-16 MARYLAND — Star 26-27 ILLINOIS — The Crossroads Spangled Banner Festival, Hunt Val- Outing Weekend, Thelma Keller Con- ley; 410-751-5491; [email protected] vention Center, 1103 Avenue of Mid 15 NOVA SCOTIA — Four Season America off Exit 160 Keller Drive, Squares hosting the Fifth Annual Effingham; Bill and Betty Letson, 4103 Cherry Carnival Kick-Off Square John Adams Rd., Lafayette, IN 47909; Dance, Bear River Fire Hall, Bear 765-474-6801 River 17-22 CALIFORNIA — California SEPTEMBER 2005 Caller College, Clovis; Frank 30-Oct. 1 TENNESSEE — Ad- Lescrinier, 909-229-3031; vanced Allemande, Henry Horton State Frank 253 @hotmail.com ; Park, 4201 Nashville Hwy., Chapel Frank253.tripod.com Hill; Darryl McMillan, PO Box 5336, Decatur, AL 35601; 256-227-0908; ALIGIBT 2005 [email protected] 5-6 NOVA SCOTIA — South Shore Festival '05, "Keep It Alive In '05", OCKMER 2005 Nova Scotia Community College, 6-9 NEW HAMPSHIRE — North- Burridge Campus, Yarmouth east Callers School, Mill-a-round 12-13 PENNSYLVANIA — Penn- Dance Center; Ken Ritucci 413-734- sylvania Square & Round Dance Fed- 0591; [email protected]

Continued from page 57 for a spot in the Showcase. There will be times in the Youth Hall for Youth callers and cuers as well. The Youth interested in applying, can do so through the Registration Form for the Convention, making sure they mark they are a Youth caller, or with a profile to the Vice-Chairman of Square Dance and the Vice- Chairman of Youth. These people are on the 54th NSDC website, and Les Seeley has his own website for profiles, seeleycaller.com. The E-Mail address for Ann Skoe, Vice-Chairman Youth is [email protected]. We will have more on the Youth singing call Showcase soon. Be looking for more information in the National Squares and other publications.

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